Aleatory Music Systems (AMS) is an ongoing research project by Chief Scientist Robert Baldock exploring the boundary between order and chaos in systems music and computer music.

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Place + Platform kindly invited me and Sharon Quigley to stage a version of our piece Staring at the Ceiling Looking at the Stars at their BYOB event which took place at St Margaret’s House in Edinburgh on Saturday 16 Continue reading →

At the weekend I did some live video processing using my evolving Sonic Lantern modular video synth system. This was part of the Staring at the Ceiling Looking at the Stars exhibit, a collaboration with visual artist Sharon Quigley at Continue reading →

I’ve been doing some preliminary tests for my next project, the Sonic Lantern, which will eventually be an interactive audio-visual storytelling system. These tests used three compact digital cameras to capture live video of some Stickle-Bricks slowly rotating on a Continue reading →

I was invited to perform at the Society of Scottish Artists‘ recent Winter Social which took place at the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh. I thought would be a great opportunity to premiere a new approach which I’m calling ‘radiophonic Continue reading →

AMS will be bringing the Synaesthetic Sequencer to Edinburgh this week for two performances. On Thursday 21 August you can catch a staging of the Sequencer at a special edition of the monthly evening session the Drawing Room which will Continue reading →